Category: 1 Kings

American Standard Version (ASV):
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

King James Version (KJV):
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

King James Version (KJV):
And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

King James Version (KJV):
And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels [were of] gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [were of] pure gold; none [were of] silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

American Standard Version (ASV):
For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

King James Version (KJV):
For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

King James Version (KJV):
And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.

King James Version (KJV):
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.

American Standard Version (ASV):
There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.

King James Version (KJV):
The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne [was] round behind: and [there were] stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And [he made] three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

King James Version (KJV):
And [he made] three hundred shields [of] beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

American Standard Version (ASV):
besides [that which] the traders [brought], and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mingled people, and of the governors of the country.

King James Version (KJV):
Beside [that he had] of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred [shekels] of gold went to one buckler.

King James Version (KJV):
And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of gold went to one target.